It's okay if you don't think about the Opel GT a whole lot. While a pretty popular sporty car in its heyday, almost 40 years have gone by since the last ones were made in 1973 after a five-year production run. Most people probably see one in a backyard, labeled as a project car. »9/16/12 1:00pm 9/16/12 1:00pm

You know what the Opel GT needs? More off-road ability, that's what. This CJ5-based custom is actually overwhelmingly cool. The best part? It's for sale in Pennsylvania. Buy it now! »6/24/09 10:30am 6/24/09 10:30am

As always, there was no shortage of BMW E30s at the last LeMons race, but we also saw representatives of British Leyland, German subsidiaries of the Detroit Big Three, and a whole squadron of Saabs. »3/22/09 9:00pm 3/22/09 9:00pm

Opel's German marketers apparently figured that the German target market for the GT had to be skinny
Teutonic Manson Family followers »11/03/08 3:00pm 11/03/08 3:00pm, so it made sense to show how fat, well-heeled, vaguely perved-out old car geeks would be kept away from the GT by its sporty small size. Here we see a grizzled Stalingrad survivor,…

Not speaking German, we're probably more frightened by this ad that might be warranted. Perhaps the target market of the Opel GT wasn't really German-style Manson Families looking for some quick, sporty wheels with which to hunt victims in preparation for the final days of Hëltër Schkëltër. Maybe it was all about… »7/08/08 11:00am 7/08/08 11:00am

Who says the Germans are always hung up on Bruce? Sure, the press release we just received from German tuning house Irmscher says "Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail" at the bottom; but the body of the message has an entirely different tone. Forget the standard weaksauce Ecotec 4-pot; it seems… »2/26/08 9:45am 2/26/08 9:45am

Seems every time I go to a certain East Oakland self-service junkyard, I find something old and unusual on its way to steelyard reincarnation. Last time it was the 1969 Jaguar XJ-6; now it's a very-well-picked-over 1973 Opel GT. These things were never plentiful in North America, and I don't think I've seen one on the… »2/05/08 10:00am 2/05/08 10:00am

We all know the Manta was the German counterpart to the Camaro, complete with all the F-body's associated sociocultural , er, attributes, but what about the German Corvette counterpart? We're talking about the original Opel GT, of course, and what better car for the upwardly-mobile bemulleted V8 Manta driver to add… »6/12/07 10:30am 6/12/07 10:30am

With Opel relaunching the GT as a roadster based on the Saturn Sky (which would make it not quite a GT car, am I right?), we thought it might be fun to look back at the original "mini Corvette" Opel GT. Then we reconsidered. What would be fun would be to see what some Opel GT buyers have done with their cars over the… »1/30/07 1:33pm 1/30/07 1:33pm

It could have been any of us hacks, behind the wheel of an unfamiliar car on a picturesque but potentially treacherous road, possibly poking at the limits of adhesion so we might return a colorful review that conveys the experience poignantly. But it was French automotive journalist Michel Barelli who was killed this… »1/29/07 4:03pm 1/29/07 4:03pm

More cowbell! GM's Opel outfit released details and visuals on the Saturn Sky variant that will revive the Opel GT badge. Like the Sky Red Line, the GT will get GM's turbocharged 2.0-liter direct-injection four, producing 264 hp — good for a zero-to-60 time of 5.7 seconds and a top speed of 143 mph. It's been given… »1/25/07 11:09am 1/25/07 11:09am